mindmap root((VIR)) virility Energetic, vigorous manhood; masculinity.
🌱For his entire life he believed that anyone who had been a Marine had established his virility beyond any doubt. 🌳Luckily, there's no doubt about what virility is, since it's depicted on the covers of dozens of new romance novels every month! A masterful and dominating manner, a splendid bared chest, a full head of lustrous hair, and an array of stunning costumes seem to be what's required. （Virile traits often missing in these men are hair on the chest and any hint of future baldness.） High-school football provides a showplace for demonstrations of adolescent virility, and for years afterward virile high-school players can keep using football language in their business life: "get to the red zone," "Hail Mary pass," "move the ball," and on and on. triumvirate 1、 A commission or government of three.
2、 A group or association of three.
🌱A triumvirate slowly emerged as the inner circle of the White House, and the vice president wasn't among them. 🌳The first triumvirate of the Roman Republic, which consisted of Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus, was simply an alliance or partnership, not a formal institution of the government. The alliance didn't last long, however, and Caesar eventually emerged with total power. This led to his assassination, after which a second triumvirate took over, with Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus dividing the Roman world among themselves. But these triumvirs also soon turned on one another, with Octavian alone taking power; in time he would become Rome's first emperor. virago A loud, bad-tempered, overbearing woman.
🌱The staff called her a virago and other things behind her back, but everyone was respectful of her abilities. 🌳The original Latin meaning of virago was "female warrior." But in later centuries the meaning shifted toward the negative. The most famous virago in English literature is the ferocious Kate in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.Some historical viragoes have also become famous. Agrippina poisoned her husband, the Emperor Claudius, so that her son Nero could take his place （but it was Nero himself who eventually had her assassinated）. And Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, a powerful virago of the 12th century, was imprisoned by her husband, King Henry II of England, after she encouraged their sons to rebel against him. Today some people are beginning to use virago admiringly again. virtuosity Great technical skill, especially in the practice of a fine art.
🌱Playing with the band, his virtuosity doesn't show through; you really have to hear him solo to appreciate him. 🌳Virtuosity is used particularly to describe musicians, but also often for writers, actors, dancers, and athletes. A virtuoso is a highly skilled performer, and a virtuoso performance is one that astonishes the audience by its feats. In ancient Greece the cities would hold male competitions in acrobatics, conjuring, public reciting, blowing the trumpet, and acting out scenes from Homer's epics, the winners of which would have been praised as virtuous, or "full of manly virtues."